Mark Leslie's Blog

Mark Leslie is a writer, editor and bookseller who lives in Southern Ontario. In 2005, Mark joined the blogging bandwagon and started posting random thoughts and musings on writing, bookselling and being a father.

Thursday, June 30, 2005

The Ants Went Marching Two By Two

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It feels like I've spent most of my vacation trying to deal with the endless stream of ants into our kitchen. I'm thinking of movin...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2005

I Think I Caught His Spirit

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Today is my father's birthday. It would have been. How is that supposed to be stated anyway? Okay, so he passed away a couple of years a...

The Ants Came Marching One By One

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Yesterday I had to walk around the entire perimeter of the house. I was looking for a sign that might be somewhere in our yard and standing ...
Sunday, June 26, 2005

The Best Part of Waking Up

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While the commercial ditty goes "The best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup" I must admit, my brand loyalty for coffee only...
Saturday, June 25, 2005

A Bird In The House

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Well, I'm officially on vacation now for the next week. Woo hoo! This morning got off to a bit of a slower start as I actually slept in...
Friday, June 24, 2005

Fawn-eyed Girl With Sun-Browned Legs

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Okay, this isn’t right. My legs are still burning a bit this morning from the morning jog two days ago. This means I let myself go waaaay to...
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The Curiosity Shop

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Out of mild curiosity, I put a free counter from StatCounter.com ( wonderful, easy to configure and install counter service -- check them o...
Thursday, June 23, 2005

Seasons Don't Fear The Reaper

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In my never-ending quest to maintain my fix of reading about writing, I found a fun blog yesterday that is a group of 30 writers, editors an...
Wednesday, June 22, 2005

The Force Goes Into The Flow

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I got up 40 minutes earlier than normal this morning. 4:50 AM to be exact. The goal was to get in at least 10-15 minutes of jogging. I th...
Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Large Car Stereo, Small Penis

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Oh boy. I'm becoming a Dad. A real, certifiable Dad. Yesterday afternoon Alexander didn't have his regular nap, and so as it neare...
Monday, June 20, 2005

Freight Train Running Thru The Middle Of My Head

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Despite the "off" day that my stomach was having on Friday, I certainly didn't want to cancel our re-scheduled "Hot-Luck...
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Friday, June 17, 2005

To Blog or Not to Blog

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I started thinking, recently, about the gung-ho way in which I've been attacking my blog. I'm averaging about 5 new blog posts per ...
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Thursday, June 16, 2005

Staccato Signals of Constant Information

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. . . a loose affiliation of millionaires and billionaires and baby. This is a quote from Paul Simon's "The Boy in the Bubble...
Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Now That Rings A Bell

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Yesterday I received my first review from the BookRing that a fellow Hamiltonian BookCrosser, follygirl started with my book One Hand Screa...
Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Connect With Old School Buddies

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I don't know how this happens apart from online guerilla marketing, but classmates.com seems to have attracted hundreds of people I wen...
Monday, June 13, 2005

The World Is My Toybox . . .

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. . . I shall not want. I try not to get frustrated with my son when he'd rather play with a toilet paper roll or a doorstop than the fu...
Friday, June 10, 2005

Under Your Bed, In Your Closet, In Your Head

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Most adults know that there is no such thing as a monster under your bed or in your closet. Most adults. Not me. The other night while I was...
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Thursday, June 09, 2005

It's A Small World After All

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A couple of days ago, just outside the office building where I work, I bumped into Kate McColeman, someone I used to go to high school with....
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Wednesday, June 08, 2005

This Little Piggy Had Roast Beast

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My son turned 11 months old yesterday - he's been rather enjoying the "little piggies" game where I count off his toes as litt...
Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Chocolate, Half Price!

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When I pick up a book, it's usually after some careful thought and intense browsing. After all, if I'm going to invest that many ho...
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